Caritas Hospital

Dr. Anand Kumaroth S

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

A Consultant in the department of Orthopaedics with more than 14 yrs of experience in arthroscopy, joint replacement & Trauma surgeries. Successfully completed More than 1000 Joint replacements &More than 2000 Arthroscopic surgeries. Operated on many International, National and State level Athletes.

Trained at National institutes of excellence. Extensive training in Joint Replacement, arthroscopy & sports injury management in India and abroad (UK), Complex Pelviacetabular surgeries (UK)


Professional Qualification

MS Orthopaedics from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi

MRCS from Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK

Diploma of SICOT from SICOT, Belgium

Joint Replacement & Arthroscopy Fellowship from UK

MBBS from Govt. Medical College, Calicut


Achievements and Expertise

Credentials:


Routinely performs Joint Replacement surgeries including primary & Revision surgeries of Knee, Hip, Shoulder & Elbow and Arthroscopic surgeries of Knee, Shoulder, Hip, Elbow, Wrist and Ankle joints

Successfully managed many rare Multiligamentous injuries.

Routinely performs arthroscopic surgeries in Sports persons.




Career Highlights:

He was a member of the core surgical team who conducted arthroscopy surgeries in elite athletes at the event of XIX commonwealth games 2010, New Delhi

He was a member of the organising committee and surgical team who conducted live arthroscopic surgeries at the MAMC arthroscopy update, Delhi for two consecutive years 2010 & 2011

He was a member of the surgical team who conducted the first ever Double bundle ACL reconstruction Live surgery in the country in 2010

He was a member of the surgical team who conducted the first ever live surgery of Selective bundle reconstruction of ACL in the country in 2010

He was Fellowship trained at DMH, Pune in shoulder arthroscopy and sports injury management and was part of the surgical team who operated on National & International athletes including Olympic Athletes

He completed a fellowship in sports medicine in the UK and was trained under the best in the field. 

He holds many ‘firsts’ in the field of arthroscopy & Sports Medicine, for example

He’s the first surgeon in the country to conduct a comparative study of double and single bundle techniques of ACL reconstruction which was later published internationally.

He’s the first surgeon to present a study on ACL augmentation techniques and results in the country

He’s the first surgeon in Kerala to do an all arthroscopic suprapectoral biceps tenodesis using fork tipped anchors

He’s the first surgeon in Central travancore to perform arthroscopic suprascapular nerve decompression in shoulder

He’s the first surgeon in Central Travancore to perform Arthroscopic Excision of Spinoglenoid cysts in the shoulder and holds the largest series of such cases.

He’s the first surgeon in Kerala and the second surgeon in South India to perform the advanced fibre tag - fibre loop quadriceps tendon system in revision ACL surgery

He performed the first ever hip arthroscopy surgery in central travancore

He performed the first ever elbow and ankle arthroscopic surgeries in central travancore

He performed the first ever all arthroscopic TFCC repair in wrist in central travancore

He performed the first all arthroscopic Acromio-clavicular joint stabilisation with Hamstring tendon augmentation in Central travancore which was also the world’s first ever surgery of it’s kind in view of complexity and combination of rare injuries

He’s the first surgeon in Kerala to perform ACL primary repair with augmentation using a double button technique which was accepted as an original technique

He was selected by Stryker Sports Medicine, USA to launch and use the first ever

 All-inside Versitomic RR system for ACL reconstruction in India.

He did the first ever Arthroscopic Fascia Lata - SCR for irreparable rotator cuff tear in Central Travancore

He did the first ever Arthroscopic Biceps tendon - SCR for irreparable rotator cuff tear in Central Travancore.


He held the position of “the chief medical officer” of National Popular Rally 2019, Kerala stage


He is proficient in Malayalam,  Hindi, Tamil, English.